Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[staubsauger]

Well the chicken ain't been that “fat“ ever. In fact he still sits around 57-59 kilograms just normally.

It's the same with me. I'm constantly at 54.5 - 57 kilograms (Need to build up leg muscles though) at 1.72 metres no matter if I eat oatmeal, fruits & salad, veggie mulligan and crispbread with cheese and sausage or if I take too many fries and pizza. It just changes my shape and health obviously, but not my body.

Obviously Froome ain't like me and Rasmussen.

 

[Velolover2]

Bulking and carbo-loading in the winter is actually the best way of recovering.

He could gain 15-20 pounds and still be perfectly fine for the Tour.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Bulking and carbo-loading in the winter is actually the best way of recovering.

He could gain 15-20 pounds and still be perfectly fine for the Tour.

Yeah, cause losing 10kg is so so easy in past winters he was never this heavy, clearly something is off.

 

[Velolover2]

Re: Re:

Bulking and carbo-loading in the winter is actually the best way of recovering.

He could gain 15-20 pounds and still be perfectly fine for the Tour.

Yeah, cause losing 10kg is so so easy in past winters he was never this heavy, clearly something is off.

Well, he is about to become a father. And he is not looking that heavy to me. Gaining weight in the winter is perfectly normal for most of us. Not just cyclists.

 

[SeriousSam]

I'm clearly not adept at judging weight or bodyfat with such a picture. If LaF wasn't pointing out that he's heavy and that something must be off, I wouldn't even have noticed.

 

[Jspear]

Re: Re:

Bulking and carbo-loading in the winter is actually the best way of recovering.

He could gain 15-20 pounds and still be perfectly fine for the Tour.

Yeah, cause losing 10kg is so so easy in past winters he was never this heavy, clearly something is off.

Well, he is about to become a father. And he is not looking that heavy to me. Gaining weight in the winter is perfectly normal for most of us. Not just cyclists.

To us he might look fine, but this is cycling. IMO, in cycling standards he's getting up there with his weight.

When is their first training camp?

 

[pastronef]

Re: Re:

Bulking and carbo-loading in the winter is actually the best way of recovering.

He could gain 15-20 pounds and still be perfectly fine for the Tour.

Yeah, cause losing 10kg is so so easy in past winters he was never this heavy, clearly something is off.

Well, he is about to become a father. And he is not looking that heavy to me. Gaining weight in the winter is perfectly normal for most of us. Not just cyclists.

To us he might look fine, but this is cycling. IMO, in cycling standards he's getting up there with his weight.

When is their first training camp?

Mallorca training camp mid December

 

[TomLPC]

Maybe he put on some weight as a nod to Contador's 2013 season?

 

[Brullnux]

In other news, his head is ever shrinking so his Centre of Gravity is getting lower, meaning that he won't crash at all next year.

 

[Friday 2015]

you just have to look on #SaitamaCriterium, there are pictures on which he is not so worse. It's easy to choose the least advantageous. And permission to return on his bike on October 1st.

 

[Walkman]

Re: Re:

Bulking and carbo-loading in the winter is actually the best way of recovering.

He could gain 15-20 pounds and still be perfectly fine for the Tour.

Yeah, cause losing 10kg is so so easy in past winters he was never this heavy, clearly something is off.

Shouldn't be that hard when you have the time to be on the bike for 6 hours a day and get a diet program from specialists. For real, never understand why cyclists adding a few kg in the winter is a big deal.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re: Re:

Bulking and carbo-loading in the winter is actually the best way of recovering.

He could gain 15-20 pounds and still be perfectly fine for the Tour.

Yeah, cause losing 10kg is so so easy in past winters he was never this heavy, clearly something is off.

Shouldn't be that hard when you have the time to be on the bike for 6 hours a day and get a diet program from specialists. For real, never understand why cyclists adding a few kg in the winter is a big deal.

And when you are on your bike for 6 hours you have to eat a lot, else you will be empty and won't recover as well. If it was so easy to lose weight as a cyclist all climbers would be at 4% body fat each season. Gaining a 2 or 3 kg isn't likely to be an issue. Gaining 8 to 10 kg however...

 

[Velolover2]

I can easily lose 5-7 kg in a month and I'm of average weight but I guess extreme diets don't apply to cyclists.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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I can easily lose 5-7 kg in a month and I'm of average weight but I guess extreme diets don't apply to cyclists.

I once lost 5 kg in one month without excessive exercise, and 3 months later I had gained all that weight back plus 2 extra kg. Hardly ideal for a cyclist. Don't disturb your metabolism.

 

[SeriousSam]

Wouldn't happen to a cyclist, they do things like dieting properly.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Wouldn't happen to a cyclist, they do things like dieting properly.

Which means it's impossible for them to lose 5 to 7 kg in a month. That is the point.

 

[SeriousSam]

Elite athletes can easily lose that much in a month.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I can see why a cyclist would gain 2-3 kg in the off-season. It's better for recovery and prevents illness. Froome seems to have gained a lot more though. He looks "normal" now while he was a walking skeleton 3 months ago.

 

[SeriousSam]

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

Elite athletes can easily lose that much in a month.

So why don't they all do it are they lazy, is that it?

 

[doperhopper]

Re: Re:

Bulking and carbo-loading in the winter is actually the best way of recovering.

He could gain 15-20 pounds and still be perfectly fine for the Tour.

Yeah, cause losing 10kg is so so easy in past winters he was never this heavy, clearly something is off.

Shouldn't be that hard when you have the time to be on the bike for 6 hours a day and get a diet program from specialists. For real, never understand why cyclists adding a few kg in the winter is a big deal.

And when you are on your bike for 6 hours you have to eat a lot, else you will be empty and won't recover as well. If it was so easy to lose weight as a cyclist all climbers would be at 4% body fat each season. Gaining a 2 or 3 kg isn't likely to be an issue. Gaining 8 to 10 kg however...

According to the famous study, Pharmstrong did at least 8 kilo jumps between his off season weight (close to 80kg) and lean race setup (just above 70), with astonishingly high body fat, at least 10% (apparently, EPO era did not need alien skeletons).

http://m.jap.physiology.org/content/98/6/2191

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re: Re:

Bulking and carbo-loading in the winter is actually the best way of recovering.

He could gain 15-20 pounds and still be perfectly fine for the Tour.

Yeah, cause losing 10kg is so so easy in past winters he was never this heavy, clearly something is off.

Shouldn't be that hard when you have the time to be on the bike for 6 hours a day and get a diet program from specialists. For real, never understand why cyclists adding a few kg in the winter is a big deal.

And when you are on your bike for 6 hours you have to eat a lot, else you will be empty and won't recover as well. If it was so easy to lose weight as a cyclist all climbers would be at 4% body fat each season. Gaining a 2 or 3 kg isn't likely to be an issue. Gaining 8 to 10 kg however...

According to the famous study, Pharmstrong did at least 8 kilo jumps between his off season weight (close to 80kg) and lean race setup (just above 70), with astonishingly high body fat, at least 10% (apparently, EPO era did not need alien skeletons).

http://m.jap.physiology.org/content/98/6/2191

That is truly amazing 10% body fat in peak shape?

 

[Kwibus]

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Elite athletes can easily lose that much in a month.

So why don't they all do it are they lazy, is that it?

When they are almost near freaking skinny alien mode skinny. Then the last 1-2kg is hard, but the kgs before that not so.

Anyways. That picture just makes him look a little bit 'fat'(in cyclingterms), but looking at other photos he still is a skinny guy. Sure he gained a few kgs, but certainly not 10... not close.

 

[Friday 2015]

http://www.letour.fr/PHOTOS/STC/2015/-1/20151023373_20151023SAI1011.jpg

 

[PremierAndrew]

Still looks pretty lean to me